Revenge
Chapter 26
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Lieutenant Swersky walked down the hallway toward Rose as she stood in the doorway. She could tell by the look on his face that he didn't even see her standing there. He was lost in thought on something else and would have walked right past her had she not interrupted his thoughts.
"Lieutenant?" she said as he walked past her. He was pulled from this thoughts and looked toward the voice.
"Mrs. Boscorelli. I'm sorry. I didn't see you there," he said, stopping.
"Please. It's Rose. Is there any word?" she asked him.
"No, I'm afraid not. We've got the media still putting the information out there and we've got all available personnel out looking and checking out whatever leads are called in," he explained. "I'm sorry, but I have to go take care of something. We've got two kids that have gone missing in our Precinct."
"Yes, the Desk Sergeant told me. You haven't seen Faith Yokas yet today have you?" Rose asked him.
"Actually," he said, glancing at his wristwatch. "She should be back here shortly. I made her go home and try to get some rest and a decent meal. Frankly, I'm surprised that she's been gone this long," he said, suddenly worrying about that too. "Excuse me," he said, heading back toward the desk.
As he reached the desk, the Lieutenant called over to the Sergeant. "Hey, Richie! Send a unit by Yokas' apartment, check to make sure she's alright. I haven't heard from her and I thought she'd be back by now."
"Yes, Sir," said the Sergeant, picking up the phone to call the dispatcher to send a unit over. "I'll let you know as soon as I hear from them."
"Thanks," Swersky said and turned away to walk back to his office.
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Faith gradually heard the television playing and sat up with a start when she heard the description of the missing officer and now of some missing children as well. She looked quickly at the clock and jumped up.
"Dammit!" she yelled out to no one. "I can't believe I slept that long. I've gotta get back to the House." She grabbed her clothes and threw them on. As she was walking up the hallway there was a knock on the door. She opened it and saw two uniformed officers from the 55th standing in her doorway.
"Hey, Johnny, Mike," she acknowledged. "What's up? Did they find him? Is he okay?" she asked somewhat anxious.
"Not yet, Faith. Lieu was worried when you didn't come back and sent us over to check on you," answered the older officer.
She left the door open and walked into the living room. "C'mon in. Lieu ordered me home for a while. I can't believe I slept as long as I did. I was just getting ready to come back," she said, grabbing her jacket, gun and purse. She turned to look at the two officers who had followed her in.
"I'm not surprised, Faith. You've been going for, what - three or four days straight at least," continued the officer.
"Yeah, well. That's where I'm supposed to be. My partner's missing," Faith said, feeling guilty that she'd stopped looking for him for so long.
"Well, we'll tell the Lieutenant that you're okay and on your way back in," Johnny said to her as the two officers preceded her to the door. They all stepped into the hallway and Faith pulled the door shut behind her and locked it. "Thanks."
"You want a ride over to the station?" they offered.
"Ah, no. I've got Fred's truck, so I'll take that," she told them.
As they all walked down the stairs, Mike keyed his radio. "Central, this is 55-Edward. Advise the Lieutenant that we checked on that subject. She's fine and is on her way in."
"10-4, Edward. I'll advise," answered the dispatcher.
"Hey, what's with those missing kids? I just heard the tail end of it on the television," Faith asked.
"Oh, we're headed over there now to help search. Two kids disappeared during the night. Parents got up in the morning and the kids and the dog were gone. They found the dog on the front steps, but the kids are still missing," Mike told her.
"Damn. Okay. Well, good luck with that," Faith said as they all walked out onto the sidewalk, past Mrs. Morris from down the hall, who was coming home from her daily church service.
"Everything okay, Faith?" Mrs. Morris asked her, looking at the two officers.
"Absolutely, Maureen," Faith assured her.
"Any luck finding your partner yet? I've been saying a prayer at the church every morning," she told Faith.
"Nothing yet. Thanks for the prayers though. I'm sure they'll work," Faith said. "Well, I gotta get back to it," she said, excusing herself.
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Faith walked into the Precinct and saw the extra personnel scurrying about in the wake of the disappearance of the kids. "Hey, Lieu," she called to him as she saw him walking toward the other end of the hall.
"Yokas. You okay?" he asked her, even though he'd received the message from the dispatcher that she was fine.
"Yeah. I guess I was more wiped out than I thought," she said. "Any news?"
"Nothing yet, but Bosco's mother is looking for you," he said, motioning toward the office they were in.
"Thanks, Lieu. I'll talk to them then I'll hit the street again and start talking to contacts again," she told him.
"Okay. Take a flyer with you about those missing kids. Just in case," he told her.
"Absolutely," she answered and then headed toward the Boscorelli's and Trisha.
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Faith rounded the corner and saw them all sitting down, looking defeated. "Hey! The Lieutenant said you were looking for me. I'm sorry I didn't get back sooner. I was checking on my kids and stuff," she half-lied, still feeling guilty about not being out looking for her best friend and partner. She knew he'd never stop looking. She thought back to when the niece of that doctor from Chicago went missing. The two of them worked non-stop until they'd found her. Bosco almost got written up for beating that psycho neighborhood watch guy that had taken her. She remembered him really being torn up about the little girl missing, drinking antacid right out of the bottle, the circles under his eyes from being exhausted. But they still kept looking.
"Faith?" Rose repeated, snapping Faith out of her memory. "You okay?"
"What? Yeah. Sorry. I was.., just thinking," she told her. "I'm sorry, what were you saying?"
"Trisha kept having these 'dreams' last night. We thought that maybe they'd mean something to you," Rose said and Faith looked over at Trisha.
"I know it sounds weird, but, I don't know. The pictures are just too real, you know?" Trisha said.
Faith nodded, "Well, they say our dreams mean something. So, what'd you see?"
Trisha explained to Faith the pictures that had been flashing through her mind as Rose and Mikey listened too. After she'd finished she said, "See? It's weird. It's probably nothing."
"Wait a minute," Mikey said. "Remember back when you two first started working together, Faith? There was that chase - the one where Bosco was driving and you guys got hit by another car. Remember it? Didn't some kids get hurt in that? Maybe he told Trisha that story once and that's what she's remembering. I remember he got drunk every night after that happened for a long time. Remember, Ma?" Rose nodded her head as she remembered how many times Bosco had crashed at her apartment after that day because she wouldn't let him drive home. She'd never gotten the full story out of him then - just bits and pieces as he had nightmares about it - and then it just seemed to go away.
Faith thought back for a moment and then thought of the things that Trisha had described. A lot of what she'd told her seemed to be from that incident.
"Yeah, I remember that. What a mess. We were chasing this guy - I don't even remember what it was for exactly. Anyways, we told dispatch that we were traveling at a high rate of speed and we were asking the supervisor if we should continue or try to 'pit' the guy in a safe area," she said, looking at the three of them.
"Pitting someone means making tapping their car in the rear quarter panel to try to get them spin out so you can get them stopped," she explained and they nodded their understanding.
"Anyway, before we could get an answer some other car came out of nowhere and hit us in the back passenger side. Bosco tried to control the car, but there was a big puddle there for some reason - we aren't sure why because it hadn't been raining or anything - must've just been a freak thing. We just went out of control and ended up on this playground. I remember it like it was in slow motion. Bosco was fighting to regain control and I was bracing for the impact and we could see the playground coming closer and closer," she said, the terror of that day very real again as she remembered the whole thing.
"Faith?" Rose asked as Faith had stopped talking.
"Sorry. I remember Bosco saying something like 'Oh my God. No,' just before we hit. Kids had scattered everywhere, parents grabbing their kids and pulling them out of the way. There was a bunch of them with minor injuries, but three people died that day. There was a mother and her two girls. The Mom put herself between the car and kids as she tried to get them out of the way, so she took most of the impact. We jumped out of the car and I started to help the Mom, but she was already gone. Then I heard Bosco yelling to me," Faith explained and looked at Trisha.
"He said, 'Faith help me'. I rushed over and he had two little girls that were on top of each other. They'd been thrown into the playground equipment and they were hurt really bad. They were bleeding. Bosco was trying to help them. We didn't find out til we got to the hospital to get checked out ourselves that they were probably gone right away - just like their mother," Faith trailed off.
"Oh, God," Rose whispered. "How awful for you both - for that family. What about the driver of that other car?"
"The one we were chasing got away - we never did find him again," Faith answered.
"No, the one that hit you guys. What happened to the driver?" Rose clarified her question.
Faith thought for a moment and then a look of realization came over her face. "Oh my God! I can't believe this. Why didn't I see this earlier?"
"What? What, Faith?" all three of them said to her and followed her as she bolted out into the hallway in search of Lieutenant Swersky.
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TBC...
Chapter 26
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Lieutenant Swersky walked down the hallway toward Rose as she stood in the doorway. She could tell by the look on his face that he didn't even see her standing there. He was lost in thought on something else and would have walked right past her had she not interrupted his thoughts.
"Lieutenant?" she said as he walked past her. He was pulled from this thoughts and looked toward the voice.
"Mrs. Boscorelli. I'm sorry. I didn't see you there," he said, stopping.
"Please. It's Rose. Is there any word?" she asked him.
"No, I'm afraid not. We've got the media still putting the information out there and we've got all available personnel out looking and checking out whatever leads are called in," he explained. "I'm sorry, but I have to go take care of something. We've got two kids that have gone missing in our Precinct."
"Yes, the Desk Sergeant told me. You haven't seen Faith Yokas yet today have you?" Rose asked him.
"Actually," he said, glancing at his wristwatch. "She should be back here shortly. I made her go home and try to get some rest and a decent meal. Frankly, I'm surprised that she's been gone this long," he said, suddenly worrying about that too. "Excuse me," he said, heading back toward the desk.
As he reached the desk, the Lieutenant called over to the Sergeant. "Hey, Richie! Send a unit by Yokas' apartment, check to make sure she's alright. I haven't heard from her and I thought she'd be back by now."
"Yes, Sir," said the Sergeant, picking up the phone to call the dispatcher to send a unit over. "I'll let you know as soon as I hear from them."
"Thanks," Swersky said and turned away to walk back to his office.
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Faith gradually heard the television playing and sat up with a start when she heard the description of the missing officer and now of some missing children as well. She looked quickly at the clock and jumped up.
"Dammit!" she yelled out to no one. "I can't believe I slept that long. I've gotta get back to the House." She grabbed her clothes and threw them on. As she was walking up the hallway there was a knock on the door. She opened it and saw two uniformed officers from the 55th standing in her doorway.
"Hey, Johnny, Mike," she acknowledged. "What's up? Did they find him? Is he okay?" she asked somewhat anxious.
"Not yet, Faith. Lieu was worried when you didn't come back and sent us over to check on you," answered the older officer.
She left the door open and walked into the living room. "C'mon in. Lieu ordered me home for a while. I can't believe I slept as long as I did. I was just getting ready to come back," she said, grabbing her jacket, gun and purse. She turned to look at the two officers who had followed her in.
"I'm not surprised, Faith. You've been going for, what - three or four days straight at least," continued the officer.
"Yeah, well. That's where I'm supposed to be. My partner's missing," Faith said, feeling guilty that she'd stopped looking for him for so long.
"Well, we'll tell the Lieutenant that you're okay and on your way back in," Johnny said to her as the two officers preceded her to the door. They all stepped into the hallway and Faith pulled the door shut behind her and locked it. "Thanks."
"You want a ride over to the station?" they offered.
"Ah, no. I've got Fred's truck, so I'll take that," she told them.
As they all walked down the stairs, Mike keyed his radio. "Central, this is 55-Edward. Advise the Lieutenant that we checked on that subject. She's fine and is on her way in."
"10-4, Edward. I'll advise," answered the dispatcher.
"Hey, what's with those missing kids? I just heard the tail end of it on the television," Faith asked.
"Oh, we're headed over there now to help search. Two kids disappeared during the night. Parents got up in the morning and the kids and the dog were gone. They found the dog on the front steps, but the kids are still missing," Mike told her.
"Damn. Okay. Well, good luck with that," Faith said as they all walked out onto the sidewalk, past Mrs. Morris from down the hall, who was coming home from her daily church service.
"Everything okay, Faith?" Mrs. Morris asked her, looking at the two officers.
"Absolutely, Maureen," Faith assured her.
"Any luck finding your partner yet? I've been saying a prayer at the church every morning," she told Faith.
"Nothing yet. Thanks for the prayers though. I'm sure they'll work," Faith said. "Well, I gotta get back to it," she said, excusing herself.
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Faith walked into the Precinct and saw the extra personnel scurrying about in the wake of the disappearance of the kids. "Hey, Lieu," she called to him as she saw him walking toward the other end of the hall.
"Yokas. You okay?" he asked her, even though he'd received the message from the dispatcher that she was fine.
"Yeah. I guess I was more wiped out than I thought," she said. "Any news?"
"Nothing yet, but Bosco's mother is looking for you," he said, motioning toward the office they were in.
"Thanks, Lieu. I'll talk to them then I'll hit the street again and start talking to contacts again," she told him.
"Okay. Take a flyer with you about those missing kids. Just in case," he told her.
"Absolutely," she answered and then headed toward the Boscorelli's and Trisha.
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Faith rounded the corner and saw them all sitting down, looking defeated. "Hey! The Lieutenant said you were looking for me. I'm sorry I didn't get back sooner. I was checking on my kids and stuff," she half-lied, still feeling guilty about not being out looking for her best friend and partner. She knew he'd never stop looking. She thought back to when the niece of that doctor from Chicago went missing. The two of them worked non-stop until they'd found her. Bosco almost got written up for beating that psycho neighborhood watch guy that had taken her. She remembered him really being torn up about the little girl missing, drinking antacid right out of the bottle, the circles under his eyes from being exhausted. But they still kept looking.
"Faith?" Rose repeated, snapping Faith out of her memory. "You okay?"
"What? Yeah. Sorry. I was.., just thinking," she told her. "I'm sorry, what were you saying?"
"Trisha kept having these 'dreams' last night. We thought that maybe they'd mean something to you," Rose said and Faith looked over at Trisha.
"I know it sounds weird, but, I don't know. The pictures are just too real, you know?" Trisha said.
Faith nodded, "Well, they say our dreams mean something. So, what'd you see?"
Trisha explained to Faith the pictures that had been flashing through her mind as Rose and Mikey listened too. After she'd finished she said, "See? It's weird. It's probably nothing."
"Wait a minute," Mikey said. "Remember back when you two first started working together, Faith? There was that chase - the one where Bosco was driving and you guys got hit by another car. Remember it? Didn't some kids get hurt in that? Maybe he told Trisha that story once and that's what she's remembering. I remember he got drunk every night after that happened for a long time. Remember, Ma?" Rose nodded her head as she remembered how many times Bosco had crashed at her apartment after that day because she wouldn't let him drive home. She'd never gotten the full story out of him then - just bits and pieces as he had nightmares about it - and then it just seemed to go away.
Faith thought back for a moment and then thought of the things that Trisha had described. A lot of what she'd told her seemed to be from that incident.
"Yeah, I remember that. What a mess. We were chasing this guy - I don't even remember what it was for exactly. Anyways, we told dispatch that we were traveling at a high rate of speed and we were asking the supervisor if we should continue or try to 'pit' the guy in a safe area," she said, looking at the three of them.
"Pitting someone means making tapping their car in the rear quarter panel to try to get them spin out so you can get them stopped," she explained and they nodded their understanding.
"Anyway, before we could get an answer some other car came out of nowhere and hit us in the back passenger side. Bosco tried to control the car, but there was a big puddle there for some reason - we aren't sure why because it hadn't been raining or anything - must've just been a freak thing. We just went out of control and ended up on this playground. I remember it like it was in slow motion. Bosco was fighting to regain control and I was bracing for the impact and we could see the playground coming closer and closer," she said, the terror of that day very real again as she remembered the whole thing.
"Faith?" Rose asked as Faith had stopped talking.
"Sorry. I remember Bosco saying something like 'Oh my God. No,' just before we hit. Kids had scattered everywhere, parents grabbing their kids and pulling them out of the way. There was a bunch of them with minor injuries, but three people died that day. There was a mother and her two girls. The Mom put herself between the car and kids as she tried to get them out of the way, so she took most of the impact. We jumped out of the car and I started to help the Mom, but she was already gone. Then I heard Bosco yelling to me," Faith explained and looked at Trisha.
"He said, 'Faith help me'. I rushed over and he had two little girls that were on top of each other. They'd been thrown into the playground equipment and they were hurt really bad. They were bleeding. Bosco was trying to help them. We didn't find out til we got to the hospital to get checked out ourselves that they were probably gone right away - just like their mother," Faith trailed off.
"Oh, God," Rose whispered. "How awful for you both - for that family. What about the driver of that other car?"
"The one we were chasing got away - we never did find him again," Faith answered.
"No, the one that hit you guys. What happened to the driver?" Rose clarified her question.
Faith thought for a moment and then a look of realization came over her face. "Oh my God! I can't believe this. Why didn't I see this earlier?"
"What? What, Faith?" all three of them said to her and followed her as she bolted out into the hallway in search of Lieutenant Swersky.
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TBC...